Tyrant

by James K

  Because-iof-iAlphonse-iother-idefenses,-iEdward-iand-iTim's-iMana-iShockwave-iweren't-iable-ito-ideter-ithem.-iBut-itheir-iopponent-iwere-imore-idiversed-ias-ino-ione-iis-iassigned-ifor-ioffense-ior-idefense.-iThey-iworked-itogether-iand-iwhatever-iopportunity-ithat-irose-iup,-ithey-iwould-itake-iit.-i

  They-iattack-iwhenever-ithere-iis-ia-ichance-iand-idefend-iwhen-irequired.-i

  "Royal-i---iEarth-iRend!"

  "Royal-i---iWater-iChain!"

  The-itwo-iattacks-iat-ithe-isame-itime-igiving-iAlphonse-iwider-irange-ito-idefend-ias-ithey-iattacked-iin-ia-idifferent-iangle-iand-ihe-ialso-ineeded-ito-iprotect-iLina.-i

  "Archon-i---iVortex-iBarrier"

  Alphonse-iused-ihis-ibody-iprotected-iby-iFive-iLayered-iElemental-iCoating-ito-idefend-iEdward's-iEarth-iRend-ibut-iused-ithe-ibarrier-ito-inullify-iTim's-iWater-iChain.-i

  "Tsk..-iHis-idefense-iis-ireally-iannoying."

  Edward-isaid-ias-ihe-icouldn't-ipenetrate-ihis-iopponent's-idefense-iwith-ihis-iquick-icasted-iGrade-i1-iSpell.-iHe-ineeded-isome-iGrade-i2-ispells-ito-ibreak-ithat-idefense-ibut...

  "It's-icoming!-iCareful!"

  Thud!-iThud!-iThud!-i

  They-iwere-ialways-ibeing-iinterrupted-iby-ian-iattack-icoming-ifrom-iLina.

  As-isoon-ias-iTim-ishouted,-iEdward-iknows-ithat-iLina-ihas-iattacked-iagain-iand-iimmediately-idodged-iand-icasted-idefensive-ispell.-iThe-iMultiple-iActive-iAir-iShots-ihit-inothing-iat-ifirst-ibut-isome-iAir-iShots-ihit-itheir-idefenses-iand-itheir-iMana-iShell-itrembled-iat-ithe-iimpact-iof-ithese-iAir-iShots.

  Drops-iof-isweat-ican-ibe-iseen-ion-itheir-iforehead-ias-ithey-icouldn't-ithink-ihow-ito-idefeat-ithe-ienemy.-iLuckily,-itheir-imobility-iwere-ienhanced-ito-iextreme-iallowing-ithem-ito-idodge-ithese-iattacks-ithat-iwere-icoming-ialmost-iinstantly.

  Before-iTim-ishouted-ito-iwarn-iEdward,-ihe-iactually-itried-ito-iuse-ithe-iMana-iShockwave-ito-iinterrupt-iher-ibut-ito-ino-iavail.-iThey-iwere-ithe-ione-iwho-iwas-iunable-ito-icast-iGrade-i2-ispell-ibecause-iof-ithese-istationary-iorb-ithat-icould-ibe-iAir-iShot-ispell-ianytime.-iThey-ialways-iuse-iMana-iShockwave-iin-itheir-iprevious-ifights-ito-igain-iadvantage-ito-itheir-ienemies-iand-ialthough-iit-iwon't-ialways-isucceed,-iafter-i3-ior-i5-itimes-itheir-iattempts-iwould-ibe-ifruitful.

  But-ithis-itime,-itheir-iopponents-iweren't-ibeing-iaffected-iby-iMana-iShockwave-ifor-isome-ireason-ias-ithey-icould-ino-ilonger-icount-ihow-imany-iattempts-ithey-ialready-imade.-iEither-ithey-iare-ilucky-ior-ithey-ihave-isome-isort-idefense-iis-iwhat-ithey-ithought.

  They-iimmediately-ishook-itheir-ihead-ias-ithey-iremembered-ithat-iRay-iwas-iaffected-iby-iMana-iShockwave.-iSo-ithey-ishouldn't-ihave-ilearned-ia-iway-ito-ineutralized-itheir-iMana-iShockwave-icompletely.-iAs-ithey-ireached-ithis-ithought-ithey-iheard-ia-isoft-ivoice-ifrom-itheir-iopponents.

  "Let's-iend-ithis."-iLina-isaid-isoftly-ias-ishe-isuddenly-istopped-iattacking,-iit-iwas-ienough-ifor-ithe-itwo-ito-ihear-iher-iand-ishe-iglared-imockingly-itowards-iher-iopponents.

  Alphonse-itwitched-ihis-imouth-iupon-ihearing-ithis-ias-ihe-iknows-ithat-ihis-ipartner-ialways-ilike-ito-ishow-ioff-iher-iskills.-i

  Edward-iand-iTim-ididn't-ihave-itime-ito-iattack-ianymore-ias-ithey-imarvelled-ion-iLina's-ianother-iGrade-i2-iMagic-iSpell-ibefore-ithem.

  ###-iChapter-i65-i--iLast-iBattles-i(Part-i4)

  The-iduo-ifrom-iMystic-iGate-igritted-itheir-iteeth-ias-ithey-iprepare-ito-idefend-ithemselves-ifrom-ithe-iGrade-i2-imagic-ispell.-iNo,-ithey-ihave-ito-idodge-iwhen-ithey-isee-ian-iopportunity.-iThey-icouldn't-iwaste-itoo-imuch-iof-itheir-imana-ipool-ito-idefend-ion-isomething-ilike-ithat.

  The-iGrade-i2-iMagic-iSpell-ireleased-iby-iLina-iweren't-ia-isimple-ione.-iIt-ican-ionly-ibe-ireleased-iwith-ithe-icombination-iof-iMagic-iSpell-ishe-ireleased-itogether-iwith-iAlphonse's-iauxillary-imagic-ispell.-i

  "Water-iVortex!"

  A-ilarge-ispiraling-iwater-icame-ito-ithe-iMystic-iGate's-iduo-ias-ithey-itried-ito-iuse-iall-itheir-idefenses-ito-ineutralize-ithe-ispell.-iThe-iwater-ivortex-icovered-ia-iwide-irange-iand-iit-ifirst-ihits-iEdward-idestroying-ihis-iMana-iShell-ibefore-iit-ilanded-ito-iTim.-i

  "Aaaarrgh!!-iLayered-iMana-iBarri--!"

  Tim-itried-ito-ifurther-isolidify-ihis-idefense-ias-ihe-ireceived-ia-ilesser-iforce-iof-iimpact-ifrom-ithe-iWater-iVortex-ibut-iafter-ithe-icontinuous-iassault-iof-ithe-iWater-iSpell-ihe-iwasn't-iable-ito-imaintain-ihis-iMana-iShell-iand-istopped-ihim-ifrom-ifurther-icasting-ia-ispell,-ihe-isoon-isuccumbed-iin-ithe-ipenetrating-iforce-icoming-ifrom-ithe-ivortex-iand-isent-ihim-iflying-ias-iit-idestroyed-iall-ihis-idefenses.-i

  The-ireferee-iannounced-ithe-iresult-iconfirming-iLeonhearts'-i2nd-ivictory-iagainst-iMystic-iGate.-i

  "Wow!-iMystic-iGate's-iwinning-istreak-imay-ibe-iending-ihere."

  "True,-ithese-i2nd-iyear-istudents-ifrom-iLeonhearts-iwere-ireally-ifull-iof-isurprises.-iNot-ionly-itheir-imagicians-iwere-istrong-ibut-ialso-itheir-imana-itechnicians-ihave-ibrilliant-iminds."

  "Water-iVortex-iis-ia-icomplicated-icombo-ispell-ithat-iutilizes-iboth-iwind-iand-iwater-ielements,-iit's-idifficult-ienough-ito-icast-iit-ibut-ithe-itwo-iwas-ialso-icapable-iof-icontrolling-ithe-ispell-ito-icertain-iextent."

  The-iaudiences-igasp-iat-ithe-ibrilliant-idisplay-iof-iskill-ifrom-ithe-iLeonhearts-iduo-iand-ipoured-iseries-iof-ipraises-ito-ithe-itwo.-iThey-ieven-iremembered-ito-igive-icompliment-ion-ithe-imana-itechnicians-ibehind-iit.

  After-ithe-iautomatons-icleaned-iand-irepaired-ithe-istage,-ithe-i3rd-imatch-istarted.-i

  Despite-ithe-ioverwhelming-imomentum-ifrom-iLeonhearts,-iKyla-ion-ithe-iother-ihand-iremained-icalm-ias-ishe-iprepared-iherself-ifor-ithe-iupcoming-ibattle.-iShe-iknows-ithat-itheir-iacademy-ihave-ihigh-iexpectations-ion-iher-iin-ithis-iround-iand-ishe-ican't-ishow-iany-iweakness-ithat-icould-ifurther-iaffect-itheir-imorale.

  She-itook-ia-ideep-ibreath-iand-istared-iat-iShirley-ion-ithe-iother-iside.-iIf-ishe-iwon-ithis-ifight,-ithey-iwould-ihave-ibetter-ichance-isince-itheir-iteam-icaptain-iand-iher-iwould-ihave-ia-igood-icombination-ionce-ithey-ireach-ithe-i4th-imatch.

  She-iactually-ihadn't-ithought-ithat-iRay-iwould-iwin-ithe-ifight-iagainst-iLawrence-iall-ibecause-iof-iWilliam's-imana-iartifact.-iBut-ieven-ithough-ithat-iwas-ithe-icase,-iKyla-ianalyzed-ithat-iaside-ifrom-iShirley-ishe-icould-ieasily-itake-ion-ithe-ifirst-i3-istudents.

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  Tracy-iwere-igrinning-iwidely-ias-ishe-iaccepted-ithe-iadoration-icoming-ifrom-iher-ifellow-istudents.-i

  The-iGrade-i2-iWater-iVortex-imagic-istructure-iweren't-ieasy-ito-icreate-iat-iall.-iAside-ifrom-ithe-iwater-ispell-iplaced-iin-iLina's-iartifact-iand-iwind-ispell-iin-iAlphonse's,-iboth-iartifact-imust-ibe-iactivated-iwith-icoordination-iso-ithe-iother-imagic-istructure-icalled-i"Chain-iLink"-iwill-ibe-iactivated.-iThis-iChain-iLink,-ionce-iactivated-iwill-icombine-itwo-imagic-ispell-iin-iaccordance-ito-iit's-imana-itechnician's-iwill-iwhen-ithey-icreated-iit.

  In-iTracy's-icase,-ithe-itwo-ispell-iresulted-ito-ia-iWater-iVortex,-ia-iGrade-i2-ilevel-ithat-icould-ieasily-idefeat-iunprepared-icombat-imagicians-ion-itheir-ilevel.-iShe-imay-ibe-iable-ito-icreate-imore-itwo-element-icombinations-ibut-ithe-itime-ilimit-idid-inot-iallow-iher-ito-ido-iso.

  "Well,-ionly-isomeone-ilike-iher-iwho-ihas-ia-ivery-isturdy-ifoundation-iin-ibasic-imagic-ispell-iof-iall-ikinds-icould-ipossibly-ido-iit-iin-itheir-ibatch."

  "Maybe-iif-iWilliam-iand-iRoss-itried,-ithey-icould-ialso-iaccomplish-ithe-isame-ithing.-iWho-iknows?"

  The-itwo-ifrom-ithird-iyear-icombat-iclass-isaid,-inot-iminding-iif-ithe-i2nd-iyear-ibatch-iheard-ithem.-iThey-ihaven't-iseen-ior-iknown-iother-ithan-iTracy-iwho-icould-imake-i1-icombination-ispell-ithat-icould-ionly-ibe-icasted-iby-i2-idifferent-iindividuals.-i

  Ross-ihas-ihis-iown-iunique-imagic-ispells-iand-iknows-ito-icombine-itwo-ielements-ibut-ithe-iwield-iis-ionly-ione-ias-ia-imatter-iof-ifact-ithe-ioriginal-imana-iartifact-iof-iRoss,-ithe-iArcane-iSword-ihas-imultiple-ielemental-iinfused-iwithin-iit.

  William-ihas-ian-ieven-imore-istrange-imagic-ispells-ithat-ihasn't-ibeen-iseen-ibefore.-iIt-iseems-ithat-ithey-ialready-iaccepted-ithat-iWilliam's-imagic-iar
tifacts-iwould-ialways-ihave-iit's-ioriginality.

  William-iand-iRoss-iwasn't-isurprised-iabout-ithe-ispell-isince-ithey-ialready-iknow-ithis-ibeforehand-ibut-ididn't-ishy-iaway-ion-igiving-isome-ipraises-ito-iTracy-ias-ishe-idid-ipraised-ithem-ibefore-iwith-itheir-iown-imana-iartifact's-iunique-imagic-ispell.

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  Kyla-iactivated-iher-isignature-imagic-ispell-ias-iquickly-ias-ipossible.-iIt-iis-ithe-iFire-iBlessed-iArmor-itogether-iwith-iher-iDomain-iMagic,-iContinuous-iFlame-iOrbit.

  Of-icourse,-iShirley-iwasn't-ijust-iwatching-iwhen-ishe-icompleted-ithe-ispell-ibut-itried-ito-iuse-iher-iUltrasonic-iBurst-iimmediately-iin-ian-iattempt-ito-icancel-iKyla's-imagic-icasting-iand-idefeating-iher-ialtogether-ibut-isurprisingly,-ithe-imagic-ispell-idoesn't-iseem-ito-iaffect-iher.-i

  "Impossible!"

  Not-ionly-iShirley-iwas-isurprised-ibut-ialso-ithe-icrowd-iand-ieven-iWilliam-isquinted-ihis-ieyes-ias-ihe-inoticed-ithat-iKyla-istayed-iunaffected-iafter-ithe-ispell-ihit-iher.

  'I-isee,-iso-ishe-ihas-ithat-ihigh-ilevel-iof-imana-imanipulation.-iThis-iwould-ibe-itricky-ifor-iShirley-ibut...'-iWilliam-ithought-ias-ihe-ihad-iquickly-igrasp-iwhat-iKyla-idid.-iHe-ireally-icouldn't-iunderestimate-ithose-imagicians-iwho-ihas-istrong-imana-ifluctuations-ithat-icould-ieven-idetect-ihis-icurrent-iDivine-iSense.

  "I-isee,-iI-ithought-iWilliam-ihad-iwasted-iplacing-iother-imagic-ispells-ihere-iin-ithe-imana-iartifact-iwith-ihow-istrong-ithis-iUltrasonic-iBurst-iis.-iHe-imay-ihave-ianticipated-ithat-isomeone-ilike-iKyla-icould-iresist-ithe-ispell-ito-ia-icertain-iextent."

  Shirley-ididn't-icower-iat-iall-ieven-iif-ithe-ispell-ididn't-iaffect-iKyla.-iShe-iwas-ialso-ithinking-ithat-iher-iopponent-iwere-ijust-ikeeping-ia-istrong-ifront-iand-ihas-ibeen-iinjured-iby-ithe-ispell.

  As-ishe-iwaited-ifor-ithe-imagic-ispell-icooldown-ion-iher-iUltrasonic-iBurst.-iShe-iused-iother-ispells-ifrom-iher-iother-imana-iartifacts-ito-idefend-ifrom-ithe-iassaulting-iDomain-iMagic.

  Kyla-ion-ithe-iother-ihand-iwas-idelighted-iupon-iher-isuccessful-idefense.

  'So-iSheryl-iwas-iright!-iYou-ican't-istop-ime-inow!'-iShe-iwas-inow-ibeaming-iwith-iconfidence-ias-ishe-iwasn't-isure-iat-ifirst-iif-iher-iplan-iwill-ibe-isuccessful.

  It-imust-ibe-iremembered-ithat-imana-iartifacts-iis-ionly-ia-imedium-ifor-icasting-ia-imagic-ispell.-iMagicians-icould-istill-icontrol-ithe-imana-ito-isome-iextent,-ibut-idue-ito-ithe-iappearance-iof-imana-iartifacts,-icurrent-imagicians-ifocuses-ionly-iin-istudying-iit's-iutilization-iinstead-iof-imanipulating-ithe-iformless-imana.

  After-iall,-iMana-to-Element-iConversion-iis-icurrently-iimpossible-iwithout-iusing-imana-iartifacts-iand-iby-iusing-ithe-iformless-imana-ito-iattack-ior-idefend-iis-ialmost-inegligible.-iBattles-ibetween-imagicians-iwere-inormally-ifast-ipaced-idue-ito-ihow-istrong-ithe-imagic-ispells-ireleased-iby-i5th-igen-imana-iartifacts-icompared-ito-ibare-imana-iattacks.-iThe-idifference-iis-iso-ihuge.

  Sheryl,-iwho-iwere-iwatching-ithe-ibattle-icouldn't-ihelp-ibut-ifeel-iexcited-ias-iwell.-iAlthough-ishe-ionly-itheorized-ihow-ito-idefend-iagainst-ithe-ispell,-iwithout-iKyla's-iamazing-imana-imanipulation-ithey-iwon't-ibe-isuccessful-iin-idefending-iagainst-ithe-iUltrasonic-iBurst.-i

  ###-iChapter-i66-i--iShirley-iVS-iKyla

  Kyla-icreated-ia-isecond-ilayer-iof-imana-iprotection-ion-iher-ibody-ithat-iallows-iher-ito-idefend-iagainst-iShirley's-isonic-iattack.

  Using-iher-isuperb-imana-imanipulation,-ishe-icreated-ithis-iskill-iand-inamed-iit-i"Mana-iInsulation"-iwith-iSheryl's-irecommendation.-iThe-iconcept-iof-ithis-iis-iactually-iquite-isimple-ibut-iunfortunately,-iaside-ifrom-itaxing-imana-iconsumption-iwhile-imaintaining-ithe-iskill,-ithe-iuser-iwill-ialso-ibe-iunable-ito-ihear-iany-isounds-iat-iall.

  But-ifor-ithe-isake-iof-idefending-iagainst-iUltrasonic-iBurst-iand-ihaving-ia-ichance-ito-icounter-iattack,-iit-iis-ijust-ia-ismall-iprice-ito-ipay.

  Kyla-ican-ionly-imaintain-iMana-iInsulation-ifor-i30-iseconds-iso-ishe-ihas-ito-idefeat-iShirley-ias-iquickly-ias-ipossible.-iFortunately,-iher-iopponent-iwasn't-iaware-iof-iher-ilimitation-iand-ihow-ilarge-iher-imana-iconsumption-iare-iso-ishe-imay-ihave-ilonger-itime-ithat-ishe-ican-iuse.

  But-ishe-ican't-ibet-ion-ithat,-ishe-imust-itake-idown-iShirley-ibefore-iher-iMana-iInsulation-idissipated.-iKyla-irapidly-ithought-iand-iplanned-iher-iattack-iin-ian-iattempt-ito-idestroy-iher-iopponent's-iMana-iShell.

  Booom!

  An-iexplosion-isuddenly-iresounded-ias-iKyla-iwas-iabout-ito-iattack-iShirley.-iOf-icourse,-ishe-ihadn't-iheard-ianything-ibut-ionly-ifelt-ithat-iher-iDomain-iMagic-ihad-itaken-idamage.-iShe-iwas-imaintaining-ithe-ispell-iaround-iher-ias-iprotection-ifrom-iany-iincoming-imagic-iattacks-iand-ifelt-ianother-ihuge-iconsumption-iof-imana-iwas-itriggered-ito-imaintain-iher-iDomain-iMagic.

  She-irealized-ithat-iShirley-iwas-inow-icircling-iaround-iher-ivery-ifast-ias-ishe-iuses-ianother-imagic-ispell-iin-ian-iattempt-ito-idestroy-iher-iContinuous-iFlame-iOrbit-iand-ishatter-iher-iMana-iShell.

  At-ifirst,-iShirley-idefended-iagainst-ithe-ionslaught-iof-iher-iopponent's-imagic.-iShe-iused-iWater-iSphere-iProtection-iagainst-ithe-idomain-ibut-ishe-ifelt-ithat-iif-ithis-icontinued,-ishe-iwouldn't-iwin.-iShe-ihas-ito-iattack-iinstead-iand-ibreak-iKyla's-idefense.

  Shirley-iused-ia-ihaste-ispell-iand-icircled-iaround-iKyla-ilooking-ifor-ia-ibest-iangle.-iAfter-ishe-isaw-ian-iopportunity,-ishe-ipointed-iher-iSonic-iGun-iand-iused-iher-iother-ispell.

  "Echo-iBlast!"

  This-iis-ian-ientirely-idifferent-imagic-ispell-icompared-ito-iUltrasonic-iBurst.-iThe-ilatter-iis-iinaudible-iand-iinvisible-imagic-ispell-ithat-idirectly-iaffects-iunprotected-imagicians.

  But-ithis-itime,-ithe-iEcho-iBlast-iwas-ia-isphere-iof-imana-ithat-iwas-ithrown-ito-iKyla.-iAlthough-iit-iultimately-ihadn't-ireached-iher-iMana-iShell,-ithe-idamage-iit-idealt-ito-iher-idomain-imagic-iis-imassive.-iIt-itook-iKyla-ia-ihuge-iamount-iof-imana-ito-iretain-iher-idomain-iand-ihadn't-ibeen-iable-ito-icounter-iattack.

  Shirley-ihadn't-ileft-iunscathed-ias-ishe-imiscalculated-ithe-ipower-iof-iher-iEcho-iBlast-iwhen-iit-ihit-iKyla's-iFlame-iOrbit.-iAlthough,-iit-idestroyed-ia-ipart-iof-iher-iopponents-idefense,-ithe-imassive-ivibration-iafter-itheir-imana-ispell-icollision-iaffected-iher-iMana-iShell-ias-iit-itrembled-icrazily-ibefore-ishe-iwas-iable-ito-istabilize-iit.

  "That-iwas-isurely-idangerous.-iI-ireally-ishould-ikeep-imy-idistance-ibefore-iactivating-ithat-ispell."

  Shirley-isaid-iand-inoticed-ithat-ishe-ican-inow-iuse-iagain-iher-iUltrasonic-iBurst.-iShe-idid-inot-ihurry-iand-itry-ito-iuse-iit-iagainst-iKyla-ibut-itried-ito-ianalyze-ithe-ilatter's-iabnormality.

  She-iactually-inoticed-ithat-iKyla-ihas-ia-ibit-idelayed-iresponses-iin-iher-iaction.-iAlthough-iit-iwasn't-imuch,-iit-istill-icaught-iher-iattention.

  William-ihad-iactually-itaught-iShirley-ion-ihow-ito-idefend-iagainst-iUltrasonic-iBurst.-iApparently,-ithe-imagic-ispell-iutilizes-iunperceivable-ifrequency-ito-iaffect-iher-iopponent.-iWilliam-irealized-ithat-iMana-iShell-icould-inot-idefend-iagainst-ithis-ikind-iof-iattack-iso-ihe-ideveloped-ithe-iartifact-iaiming-ito-itake-iadvantage-iof-ithis,-iso-ithe-iSonic-iGun-iwas-iborn.-iHe-ialso-iadvised-iShirley-ithat-iif-ia-imagician-icould-idefend-iagainst-ithe-ispell,-ithey-imust-ihave-ian-iability-ito-istop-ithe-isound-icoming-ifor-ithem.

  'It-imeans-ithat-ithe-iopponent-iisn't-ihearing-iany-isound-iand-ionly-idepending-ion-itheir-isight-iand-imana-idetection.'

  Shirley-iremembered-iWilliam's-iadvice-ias-ishe-inoticed-iKyla's-ireaction-ion-iher-ifew-iattacks.

  Although-iit-idoesn't-iseem-ito-ibe-itoo-idisadvantaged,-iwith-i4th-igen-imana-iartifacts,-itheir-isenses-iwere-iboosted-ito-ithe-ihighest-ilevel-ithey-icould-iachieved.-iListening-iability-idoesn't-ipale-iin-icomparison-iwith-ivision-iskills.

  "Blinding-iMist-iFog!"

  This-iis-ithe-iskill-ithat-ifirst-iyear-imagicians-ifrom-iLeonhearts-iused.-iOf-icourse,-ithis-iskill-iwasn't-ioriginally-iwith-iWilliam-ibut-ihe-iimproved-ithe-iversion-iup-ito-ihis-istandard-ito-igive-ia-igood-icombination-iwith-iUltrasonic-iBurst.

  A-ifog-iquickly-icovered-ithe-iwhole-istage-iobstructing-iKyla's-isight.

  Now,
-iKyla-icould-ireally-ionly-idepend-ion-iher-imana-idetection.-iIn-icase-ithat-iKyla-icould-isummon-ia-imagic-ispell-ito-iclear-ithe-ifog,-itt-iwould-istill-igive-iShirley-ia-ifew-iseconds-ito-isend-iher-iattack.

  'Tsk..-i20-iseconds-imore.-iI-ican't-istay-ilike-ithis.'

  Kyla-icouldn't-imaintain-iher-iMana-iInsulation-ifor-itoo-ilong-iso-ishe-iplans-ito-iexpend-iall-iher-iMana-ito-iend-ithe-ibattle.-iShe-iknows-ithat-iShirley-iwill-isend-iher-iattack-isomewhere-iso-ishe-ihastily-istrengthened-iher-idefense.

  The-iDomain-iMagic-iretracted-iand-inow-ionly-icovers-i3-imeters-iaround-iher.-iAlthough-ithe-irange-iis-ishorter,-ithe-idefense-iit-icould-igive-ito-iher-imultiplied.-iAfter-ishe-iconfirmed-ithat-iher-idefense-iwas-inow-isolid,-ishe-ireadied-ito-icast-ianother-ispell.-iAnother-iGrade-i2-ispell-ithat-iwill-iconsume-ihalf-iof-iher-imana.

  Before-ishe-icompleted-ithe-ispell,-iKyla-iused-ianother-iEcho-iBlast-ibut-ithis-itime,-ithe-ieffect-iwasn't-isolid-idue-ito-iKyla's-itight-idefense.-iIt-idealt-idamage-ito-iher-iContinuous-iFlame-iOrbit-ibut-inot-ienough-ito-idestroy-iit-icompletely.

  Kyla-icouldn't-itell-iwhere-iShirley-iwas-ibut-iit-idoesn't-imatter-iwith-iher-inext-ispell.

  "Frost-iBlade-iTempest!"

  Kyla-icancelled-iher-iDomain-iMagic-ito-isend-ithis-iGrade-i2-imagic-ispell.-iThe-icancellation-ionly-itook-iless-ithan-ia-isecond-ithen-ithe-iTempest-iwas-isent.-iHundred-iof-iFrost-iBlade-iappeared-iaround-iher-iorbiting-iin-ifast-ipaced-ias-iit-iextends-ito-ithe-iwhole-istage-iclearing-ithe-ifog-iexposing-iShirley.